Thank you Kathy Harris for the majority of the photos.

We value our local providers and the excellence of their grapes, cherries and honey.  Then we use their ingredients to make wine as if it was all for our family and friends - high quality and enjoyable.   

Our Wine

Grape varieties include Viognier, Grenache for Rose, Merlot and Syrah.  We can control, for example, the time on the skins for the Rose of Grenache.  But we let the fruit tell us what it wants to be.  In years when the Syrah grapes have been very high in sugar, we have made a sparkling Pet-Nat and a fortified Port from them.

The Cherry Melomel came about by pure serendipity.  The former owners of the Double Strand Wine property gave us 30 pounds of local honey and we had just picked cherries at a neighbor’s orchard.  Reading through our books, we learned about combining these ingredients with water to make a sweet dessert style wine.  We took the chance and it was an immediate favorite.  So we have continued to make our Cherry Melomel, adding cherry varietals with time.

A number of folks, including those in the wine industry, have complimented us on the complexity that Double Strand Wines have achieved.  They also have commented on how enjoyable our wines are on their own and yet how well they pair with food.